Railway-tie.



'PATENTED MAR. e, 1906/ W; A. ROLLINS. RAILWAY TIE APPLICATION FILEDJUNE 10, 1904.

' ordinary construction in connection with '2 is an end elevation of theconstruction UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIo WILLIAM A. ROLLINS, OF OADDO,INDIAN TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO SAMUEL J. LONG, OFSTEPHENVILLE, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. RoLLrNs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oaddo, in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railway-ties, and more particularly to thatclass known as metallic ties, the object of the invention being toprovide a tie which may be formed of cast metal, which may be readilyapplied to and removed from the rails, and which when in place will holdthe rails securely against lateral displacement in either directionwithout the use of supplementary securing means, such as spikes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood fromthe following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the portion of a railway,including ties, embodying the present invention. Fig.

shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a tie such as is employedat a rail-joint.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a pair of railway-rails 5and 6 of the three ties. Each of the ties comprises a body portion 7,having recesses 8 and 9 in its upper face adjacent to its ends, therecesses being each of a width to snugly receive the base of a rail.From the upper face of the body of the tie at the outer side of therecess 8 there rises a hook 10, which projects part way over the recess8, so as to fit upon the top of the base-flange 11 of a rail and restwith its end against the web 12 of the rail, this hook serving to holdthe rail against vertical displacement from the tie. The upper face ofthe tie between the recesses 8 and 9 is inclined with a compoundcurvature, the metal of the upper portion of the tie projecting part Wayover the recess 9 to form a hook 13, corresponding to the hook 10, andwhich fits the flange and Web of the rail in the same 1 manner as doesthe hook 10 fit the rail in recess 8.

In assembling the rails and ties the said ties are placed with theirrecessed portions in engagement with the end of the rails, with oneflange of the rail engaged under the hooks 10 or 13 of the same, as thecase may be, and the opposite flange of the rail with its edge inengagement with the other wall of the recess. The ties being thusengaged with the rails are then forced along the same to their properrelative position to form a completed track-section, and it will bereadily understood that the rails being inserted in this manner are heldsecurely in the recesses of the ties, thus preventing any lateralmovethe ment of the said rails with respect to each other. It will alsobe apparent that the flanges of the rails which are engaged beneath thehook portions of the tie are held tightly therein by reason of the otherflange of the rail being in engagement with the side wall of the recessand that the entire surface of the walls forming the recesses in eachtie are in close contact with the flanges of the rails.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings there is shown a tie designed for use at arail-joint, the tie being the same in general construction as that shownin Figs. 1 and 2, except that both sides of each recess 8 and 9- arevertical, there be- .ing no material overhanging either recess,

it being understood that such overhanging material would interfere withthe fish-plate. Furthermore, the recesses 8 and 9 are of suflicientlygreater widths to receive the fishplates in connection with the rails.

What is claimed is In a railway, the combination with rails havingflanged faces, of ties, the upper face of one end of each tie beingsloped upward and terminating abruptly to form a vertical rail-engagingface, the portion of the tie underlying the sloped portion being cutaway to conform to one side of the base-flange of a rail, the other sideof said flange having its edge abutting the opposite side Wall of saidcut-away portion to hold the base-flange of the rail tightly in the saidcut-away portion, the said side wall being of greater height than thethickness of said flange, the portion of each tie intermediate saidrails being sloped upwardly and terminating abruptly to form arail-engaging face, the portion of the tie rail tightly in said cut-awayportion, the said tie being placed in a series with their slopedportions extending alternately in opposite directions, the entiresurface of the walls forming the recesses of each tie being in close 10contact with the rail-flange.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A ROLLINS.

WVitnesses:

W. R. BOWMAN, W. D. HARRISON.

